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MONARO COLONIAL DANCERS
TANGALO
The Monaro Colonial Dancers are a Canberra dance display team with 21 years dance experience, presenting Australian dances from the 1800’s to the present day; old time couples dances, quadrilles and dances from the Traditional Social Dance Association of Victoria. Friday 4:00pm Piazza (Display) Sunday 3:30pm Piazza (Display) Monday 12:00pm Coorong (Workshop)
MONARO FOLK SOCIETY HERITAGE BALL The Monaro Folk Society will host the Festival Heritage Ball, representing the styles of dance and music popular in Australia from early settlement into the postcolonial period and beyond. Costume opportunities will range from the simple grace of early Colonial through the glamour of mid- Victorian to the elegance of Edwardian and between- wars styles. Music will be led by Bob McInnes and the programme will mix favourite traditional dances with dances in heritage style composed by Canberrans. Sunday 8:00pm Coorong
MONARO FOLK SOCIETY (MFS) IRISH STEP DANCE GROUP The Monaro Folk Society Irish Set Dance group welcomes you to dance around Australia with our focus this year on creative and fun dances composed in Canberra and Australia. From a complete beginners session through to a pre-ceili workshop and culminating in a fabulous Irish Ceili with music by the Cornerhouse Ceili Band we will have you joining in in no time. Saturday 9:30am Piazza (Workshop) Saturday 12:20pm Coorong (Workshop) Saturday 7:30pm Coorong (MFS Irish Ceili)
NO SUCH THING – DANCING WITH THE HARRYS No Such Thing is a group of musicians who play collected Australian dance tunes with the authentic feel of the old time dance bands. Together with Peter Ellis they will teach the Quadrilles and sets that were the mainstay of Harry McQueen’s music components and, by contrast, the more modern one steps and Pala glides of Harry Schaefer that were popular in the earlier part of the twentieth century. The group will emulate in some way the sound of the Schaefer Ragtime band by the introduction of some percussion and woodwind instruments not normally associated with traditional bands. Friday 5:00pm Piazza (Dance) Saturday 4:00pm Acoustic Lounge (Interactive Tune Workshop)
SALMIAKKI PELIMANNIT Salmiakki Pelimannit has been performing the music of Scandinavia since 1986. The Band has performed with Finnish, Swedish, Estonian and Danish dance groups since the 1990’s and has developed an extensive repertoire of the dance music of this region. Salmiakki Pelimannit has performed in Finland, Sweden and Denmark and in recent years has been introducing the music of these regions to Australian musicians. Saturday 5:10pm Coorong (Nordic Folk Dance)
SCANDANS sCanDans is a Nordic Folk Dance Group covering styles from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. It has run regular social dances in Canberra throughout the year since 1996. sCanDans has also contributed workshops, displays and dances at many National Folk Festivals and other festivals including one in Denmark. sCanDans is frequently accompanied by the Nordic dance band Salmiakki Pelimannit. This year with the ACT as featured state, Salmiakki will be augmented with a purpose-formed sCanBand of ACT musicians with a love of Scandinavian music. Friday 1:00pm Piazza (Workshop) Friday 4:30pm Coorong (Workshop) Saturday 5:10pm Coorong (Nordic Folk Dance)
SCOTS ON THE ROCKS
clapping & foot stomping with flavours from Ireland, England, Germany and Africa melded into a fast & fun style of footwork. All ages dance, sometimes in lines, with partners or in formation, all of it amazing and intricate. The percussive sounds from the double jingle taps on the shoes gets everyone tapping their feet in time. Saturday 12:50pm Central Park Stage (Cildren Can Clog) Sunday 11:00am Piazza (Display) Sunday 11:30 Piazza (Workshop) Monday 3:00pm Piazza (Display)
SPELLBOUND BELLYDANCE Spellbound Bellydance is a troupe that has been dancing together for a number of years. Egyptian bellydance is the base to their style, and combines other styles of bellydance like Industrial Bellydance created by Aradia their now inter-state Director. Come and watch Spellbound for a fun, mesmerising and sometimes dark dance act!
Come to the ceilidh. Scots on The Rocks brings a fresh approach to traditional Scottish Country Dancing. Why go to a Ceilidh to meet someone, to dance up a storm? Friday 1:30pm Piazza (Display) Scots on the Rocks will show you why. Experience this party atmosphere presentation, where Ceilidh dances and Sunday 4:00pm Piazza (Display) Scottish Country dances are combined, to show audiences Monday 11:00am Piazza (Display) the fun and energy of the Ceilidh. Live music is provided by ARIA award winning duo Chris Duncan and Catherine Strutt. STRATHMANNAN (SCOTTISH BALL) Friday 12:00pm Piazza (Display) Saturday 12:30pm Piazza (Display) Saturday 2:30pm Piazza (Workshop) Sunday 5:30pm Piazza (Chaotic Ceilidh)
SET IN THEIR WAYS A Canberra-based dance display group Set in Their Ways specialises in choreographing traditional and contemporary Irish Set dances for public display. This fun-loving and energetic group has been well received at many local events including The National Folk Festival, The Turning Wave Festival, Floriade and Government House. Watch them kicking up their heels to the finest rhythms of Ireland including Jigs, Reels, Polkas, Slides and Hornpipes. Friday 12:30pm Piazza (Display) Sunday 12:30pm Piazza (Display) Monday 3:30pm Piazza (Display)
SILVER SOLES CLOGGERS INC
Strathmannan “this band’s music gives your feet wings” is an exciting dance and concert band with added jazz and Scandinavian flavours. They explore the wealth of Scottish fiddle music and on the way, distil three centuries of its richness, vigour and beauty. Kate and Mark’s twin fiddle sound is invigorated by contemporary jazz influenced piano. They will play for the Scottish Ball with Tony Northey calling. Friday 12:40pm Coorong (Workshop – Tony Northey) Friday 8:30pm Coorong (Scottish Ball)
SURLY GRIFFINS MORRIS (ACT) The Surly Griffins are a new mixed side, formed in early 2012 to fill the Morris gap in the Canberra region. Boldly challenging the neatly defined traditions of Morris, they bring together the best of Border and Cotswold styles in a new, hybrid approach. They combine the complex stickclashing and flowing ribbons of Border Morris with some sharp formations from traditional Cotswold. The Griffins perform at the NFF for the first time. Like their mystical mascot Marion Griffin – a hybrid of lion and eagle – this Morris side will intrigue, inspire and amuse you.
Silver Soles Cloggers dance traditional and contemporary Appalachian Clogging. This is ‘the dance’ from the Southern Friday 11:30 Piazza (Display) states of the USA, a hillbilly style of tap, energetic, hand Monday 9:30am Coorong (Workshop)